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Chapter 237 Divided, each is king, and combined, the world is invincible

Ding Ding's hesitation was completely expected by Yang Feng and Pellegrini.

In fact, the idea of ​​letting Kroos retreat as a defensive midfielder and then use an offensive frontcourt was proposed by Pellegrini, and Yang Feng just provided him with a personal choice.

Germany's success in the World Cup proved that Kroos can shine in the midfielder position, which is why Manchester City is no longer used to Yaya Toure.

Everyone thinks that A Kuan's defensive midfielder is used by civil servants and martial arts, but in fact, as long as a sweeper is placed beside him, he can kick out the style of a Confucian general and clear the offense for you.

Pellegrini had no right to speak on the transfer. The introduction of Ding Ding was entirely paid attention to by Yang Feng himself. Now that he was in trouble, Yang Feng had to make a special call to Ding Ding.

"Hello, this is Kevin De Bruyne."

"Hello, I'm Yang Feng."

"Yang," De Bruyne guessed that the call should be from the UK, but he didn't expect that it was Yang Feng himself calling, and he was immediately flattered, "Hi, long time no see."

When Yang Feng was in the sand mine, Ding Ding was on loan to Bremen. The two played against each other on the court, but there was no communication at that time.

De Bruyne never dreamed that in just two years, he has become the top three in the world, but he has been thrown around, and now he can only look up.

"Long time no see," Yang Feng said, "Are you ready to be the world's number one midfielder?"

"..." De Bruyne had nothing to say for a while, "As far as I know, Manchester City does not lack midfielders."

"Yes, Manchester City has no shortage of midfielders, but as I said just now, we lack the world's number one midfielder."

"...Have you ever thought about what David Silva and Cross would think if they heard about it?"

"Oh, well, let me put it another way, are you ready to be the third midfielder in the world?"

"No, no," De Bruyne said arrogantly, "but I am ready to be the world's number one midfielder in the future."

"Fine, what size do you want to wear, I'll make them free."

"Including number nine?"

"It's not impossible if you score more goals than me next season."

"...Number 17, thank you."

"I checked the schedule for you. Our game against Chelsea this season is September 21. I hope you have established yourself in the main lineup by then."

"I assist, you score?"

"Best."

"See you in Manchester?"

"See you in Manchester."

De Bruyne spent 2100 million when he transferred to Wolfsburg. Now it only takes half a year. He has played 3 times, 6 goals and 3000 assists. His edge has been fully revealed. Wolfsburg definitely does not want to let him go. The 3500 million all the way to [-] million made them relieved.

Van Dijk + De Bruyne are only in the early 5000 million, plus a few small fish and shrimps introduced by Begiristan, they cost 6000 million. It doesn't really match Manchester City's rich style, but it has weakened some people virtually. The impression of Manchester City's nouveau riche, and Manchester City is now troubled by the UEFA Fair Play Act, this style of spending small money to do big things is undoubtedly more in line with Manchester City's status quo.

Not only did they search and search on signings, but they were also quite generous in letting people leave Manchester City. Except for Yaya Toure, who was still up for grabs, Xavi Garcia sold for more than 600 million, and Rhodes Weir sold nearly 300 million. These three transactions alone can guarantee that Manchester City will not only not lose money this summer, but may even make a small profit.

In addition, Lescott is free to transfer to West Bromwich Albion, Negredo is on loan to Valencia, etc. The main lineup of the Champions League final is only missing Lescott and Yaya Tu. Not surprisingly, the position will be filled by Van Dijk and De Bruyne.

It's just that, almost half of this Manchester City team are "Yang Feng's people".

Among the remaining people, whether it is Aguero, Silva or Kompany, they are all veterans of the previous dynasty.

Neither Ferran Soriano nor Begiristan can accept this point, but now both the fans and Mansour have unconditional trust in Yang Feng, and Yang Feng can even talk to Mansour directly. No way, but Begiristan still made a show.

In July, Lampard's contract with Chelsea expired, so he signed with New York FC as a free agent for two years and got a contract with a weekly salary of 9 pounds, but he has not yet played for New York City. After one game, Begiristan wants to loan him from New York City...

After hearing this, Yang Feng "unintentionally" slipped his mouth, "Then it's better to buy Alonso..."

Alonso is also planning to leave Real Madrid to find another home. Manchester City is definitely a contender, and Uncle Long has been proven that he can play in the Premier League. Although it is impossible to occupy a main position in the current Manchester City team, he can play as a substitute. Absolutely more than enough, plus the status of a fellow Spanish, Begiristan immediately missed it.

If it works, then this deal can be counted on him. He has a sense of existence as a genuine director, doesn't he?
Uncle Long is actually not convinced, but he doesn't really want to face his old club Liverpool in the league, but Begiristan moved it with emotion and reason. The most important thing is that Real Madrid moved their minds on Yaya Toure, and everything is fine. It's easy to talk about.

Regarding this rumor, the outside world generally thinks that Manchester City is taking it for granted. After all, the whole world knows that Yaya Toure does not meet Real Madrid's aesthetics. You must know that they even let Makelele go because of his style and Real Madrid's style. "Elegance" and "extravagance" are far apart.

Only Yang Feng thinks this deal is reliable.

After all, he is a person who has passed through, so it is impossible not to be impressed by the half black Real Madrid.

The times have changed, and the arrogant Knights of the Galaxy have to bow their heads to reality and honestly move closer to the pragmatism.

Yang Feng was amazed.

Kroos and Yaya Toure switched clubs, Alonso did not go to Bayern but to Manchester City?It's all messed up by me...

In short, Lang has a concubine who is interested. Real Madrid and Manchester City, who were injured and killed in the Champions League final, quickly reached a consensus. Yaya Toure transferred to Real Madrid, 2000 million euros + Alonso, and the price was 3000 million.

It was not halfway through July at this time. According to the style of Manchester City in the past few years, it is only a warm-up now, but I did not expect that after the Alonso deal was negotiated, Manchester City's official website announced that the transfer work this summer has been successfully completed.

Buy what you want to buy, send away what you don't want to keep, and act vigorously.

Compared with Manchester City's low-key transfer market, most of their neighbors have moved more.

Moyes lost to Old Trafford, and Van Gaal's new official took office three fires.

Shinji Kagawa, Ferdinand, Welbeck, Hernandez, Evra, Nemanja Vidic and others packed up and left, and then Chef Fan started all kinds of monsters, wanting to buy Fabregas all of a sudden, chasing Ronaldo all of a sudden, At one point, Robben was going to be played, and Rooney was going to be replaced to help Van Persie become the captain. Anyway, there were all kinds of rumors, but after the riots, only the joining of Luke Shaw made the fans excited.

Yang Feng knew that Lao Fan was holding back his big move.

I don’t know which month it is, but it’s this transfer window anyway. Di Maria will join Manchester United at a Premier League transfer fee record and spend the most unbearable period of his career. Manchester United will invest in this summer. Over [-] million euros, Van Gaal liked to mention the new nickname "Fan Throwing Billion", and because the entire team was almost changed, the Red Devils also had a new nickname: Yi Jianlian.

Other big news include Ronaldo and Real Madrid, Su Ya and Barcelona, ​​Costa and Chelsea, etc. Naturally, this kind of blockbuster deal will not be like Manchester City, which can be implemented in one or two phone calls. It will not be really finalized until the league has started two or three rounds.

After a relaxing and enjoyable holiday, the team assembled again.

The Community Shield of the new season will start on August 8, and there are still 10 days before now. During this time, Manchester City will go to the US International Champions Cup.

The name is awesome, it's actually a warm-up match, but the participating members are better than each other.

In addition to the UEFA Champions League runners-up Manchester City and Real Madrid, there are also AC Milan, Roma, Liverpool, Manchester United, etc. A total of eight teams are divided into two groups.

Manchester City gathers in Pittsburgh, located in southwestern Pennsylvania, USA.

The players arrived one after another, and the team practiced for the first time in the new season.

Van Dijk and De Bruyne consciously came to Yang Feng to report.

Yang Feng shook hands with the two of them respectively, and said with a smile: "I know, you still don't understand why you are here, and I believe other people can't figure it out either, but they will soon know, because in the end Great players make the greatest teams, that's a given."

De Bruyne looked at the big guy around him, then at Yang Feng, and said, "I can't wait to play."

"Then you have to conquer the head coach in training first."

Van Dyke said: "I really can't help but want to ask, where did you know about me, really like they said, from FM games?"

Van Dijk has just passed his 23rd birthday, debuted for five years, and only transferred from the Eredivisie to the Soviet Super League last year. At this stage, joining Manchester City, which has just won the Triple Crown, is a high climb.

"Ha! Don't be like this, buddy, you are the champion of the Soviet Union. You are much better than you think. Do you know that even if you don't come to Manchester City, one day Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, etc. will fight for you. Broken head," he said, looking at De Bruyne again, "the same is for you."

"Then maybe I decided too early," De Bruyne laughed. "I'm a Liverpool fan."

"Very well, we happen to be in the same group as Liverpool, you better do what the fans should do, let them remember your name..."

As soon as De Bruyne nodded, Aguero and Kroos had already walked over.

"Yang, new friend?"

"Yes, a new friend, and also a new comrade-in-arms."

"Hi, I'm Cross, you can call me Kuan."

Van Dijk and De Bruyne looked at each other.

De Bruyne said: "Sorry, isn't Akun Aguero's nickname?"

"No, no, it's Ah Kuan, not Ah Kun, you got it wrong, buddy."

"Okay, I'm De Bruyne, you can call me...well, Tintin."

"Huh?" Now it was Kroos and Aguero's turn to laugh out loud, but it was Van Dijk who should have checked the information of this new teammate who joined him at the same time, so he was not surprised.

De Bruyne is very sad. He has been in both the Bundesliga and the Premier League, but these two influential figures in the Bundesliga and the Premier League don't seem to know him very well, and the aggrieved feeling that made him feel crazy reappeared.

Yang Feng explained for him: "Do you know "The Adventures of Tintin"?"

"I know," Aguero patted his forehead, "No wonder you look familiar..."

De Bruyne is very similar to the protagonist Tintin in "The Adventures of Tintin" in terms of hairstyle and certain facial expressions, and he is also from Belgium, which is the same country as the author of "The Adventures of Tintin". This nickname is so natural called out.

"I'm Van Dyke, Virgil Van Dyke, you can call me Virgil, or you can call me Van Dyke..."

Yang Feng originally wanted to pat Van Dijk on the shoulder, but after seeing the opponent's height, he patted him on the back instead, "Okay, according to our rules, it is best for new players to introduce themselves on the court. .”

In fact, he also really wants to meet this guy head-on, to see what level he has reached now, and to see whether he has helped the seedling grow, or let the gold shine ahead of time.

From the perspective of latecomers, Kanter, De Bruyne, and Van Dijk are all princes of the Premier League in the future. It's not 1+1=2. Whether it is scattered will be full of stars, harmonious will be a mass of shit, or divided and each will be king, and combined will be invincible. After all, it must be tested by actual combat.

Soon Alonso also arrived at the training ground.

Uncle Long's status in the world is still very high, and Yang Feng didn't dare to make mistakes, so he took the initiative to shake hands.

Alonso smiled and said, "Thank God, I won't have to defend you anymore."

Pellegrini came over and said, "You thanked me too early..."

Naturally, he also wanted to know the quality of the new players, so he quickly arranged a small group confrontation.

Unfortunately, Alonso is not on the same team as Yang Feng...

"Group A, Yang, Akun, David, Akuan, De Bruyne, Kompany, Clichy, Wright, come and get the vest!"

"Group B, Dzeko, Nasri, Alonso, Kante, Van Dijk, Zabaleta, Oblak! Warm up quickly, start right away! Others go to the team doctor first, and those who are overweight go by themselves Report to Jose (fitness coach)!"

This grouping is obviously thoughtful, the main attackers are almost all together, naturally to test Van Dijk's defensive ability, and De Bruyne is thrown into Group A, of course to see if he can keep up with Akun and Yang Feng had a chemical reaction.

A whistle blows and the game begins.

Group A kicked off first, and everyone passed the ball to De Bruyne in a tacit understanding.

De Bruyne was inexplicably nervous, but fortunately, he had excellent skills and flexibly passed Dzeko who was on the attack, and dribbled the ball across the midfield.

Yang Feng went straight to the hinterland of Group B.

Kante passed him past him and faced Van Dijk.

Originally, Van Dyke had reserved two points of strength, for fear of accidentally breaking Yang Feng, but as soon as the other party started, he knew that he had dragged it too far.

This guy is not weaker than himself in terms of body muscle strength or absolute strength...

With such a slack technique, De Bruyne passed the ball.

The football was passed close to the ground, but it magically drew an arc and appeared in front of Yang Feng.

Yang Feng knocked Van Dijk away, easily caught up with the football, and shot through the net with his right foot.

Everyone looked at Van Dyke intentionally or unconsciously, making the big man uncontrollably flustered.

Alonso's eyes were vicious, and he saw something, and couldn't help but said: "What do you think, you still have strength to deal with him? Do you know who he is?"

Van Dyke opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and suddenly found that nothing he said could cover up his stupidity just now.

Yang Feng also came over and said, "There is an old saying in China that even if it is a male lion, it must use all its strength to hunt a rabbit. What's more, now I am a lion and you are a rabbit."

"..." Van Dyke gritted his teeth, "Come again!"

The people in Group A looked at De Bruyne and kept saying "oh shit".

Kroos and Silva held out their thumbs at the same time and compared, "Beautiful!"

De Bruyne was equally overjoyed.

What the hell, with this kind of awareness, this kind of running position, and this kind of shooting skills, I can feed you to the top for a season!
There is only one thought in his mind now, it's the right time.

The game continues.

At the kick-off of Group B, Uncle Long and Nasri played a wave of cooperation, but the football was destroyed by Kompany, and then passed to Tintin's feet.

Kanter didn't dare to let him pass this time, so he hurried forward to press him.

Ding Ding didn't dare to be careless, and patiently protected the ball, but in the end he had to cooperate with Silva to hit the wall to pass Kanter.

"Be careful, it's coming again!"

"Watch him and watch him! Get started! Don't be so gentle!"

This time, there is no need for others to remind him. Van Dyke has already used his hands and feet to cling to Yang Feng, blocking his running route.

"what?"

Didn't even retreat?

It seems that the evolution is still not complete.

Yang Feng also intends to try the new Warcraft card, and chooses to go head-to-head with Van Dyke.

The two of them were like playing rugby, you pushed and squeezed each other, and the fight was evenly matched.

The opportunity was not lost, although Yang Feng hadn't gotten rid of Van Dijk, but De Bruyne still subconsciously passed the ball.

Yang Feng suddenly backed up, then turned around, and rushed, but Van Dyke stopped him with his foot precisely, tripping Yang Feng to the ground.

"Beep!"

"Free kick!"

Van Dyke quickly pulled Yang Feng up, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

"It's okay," Yang Feng said, "The card is very accurate."

Others immediately looked at Van Dyke with admiration.

These days, there are not many who can successfully foul Yang Feng in one-on-one.

This season, there is something to do...

"A free kick, what about the wall?"

"Zabaleta a little to the left, you big guy is in the middle..."

Oblak adjusted for a long time before raising his hand, and said, "It's ok."

Yang Feng stepped back and played the prelude of the full moon scimitar, but the football he played in the end did not fly to the goal. Instead, he went around the wall and found Aguero who was ambushing behind the goal.

Akun Linghu moves out and shoots through the net...

In the one-hour confrontation, Group A was basically playing against Group B, but as Van Dijk got better and Kanter gradually recovered his form, it became more and more difficult for Group A to score goals.

What makes Pellegrini even more delighted is De Bruyne. He can't figure out how to break his head now. How could such a treasured player Mourinho be willing to let go... No, drive away?
After a training match, Van Dijk and De Bruyne were initially recognized by teammates and the coaching staff. Pellegrini also put them into the starting lineup many times in the subsequent International Champions Cup.

Although Manchester City ended up second in the group and missed the final, Pellegrini was very satisfied with this team.

Because it is mainly about adjusting the lineup and improving the state, the players are exchanged, the performance of each team is very unstable, and no one cares too much about the results of the game. What really makes them take it seriously is the upcoming Community Shield and a little bit. followed by the European Super Cup.

(End of this chapter)